#tween

Thank you father, thank you. I know you watched me from above and protected me. I promise I shall serve the Magnarian Confederation with all my body and soul. I shall dedicate myself fully to our confederation, the family that you so loved. And I love it too. I shall protect, love and respect it always. This is my promise and commitment. Thank you ↗

— Chayada Welljaipet

#sci-fi #science #science-fiction-fantasy #science-fiction-romance #short-stories

Great, so now we don’t just have to worry about my family.” I said looking up at the sky. “You said we didn’t have to worry about them.” “I hope to God not.” He shook his head. “You’re a strange duck.” “Quack.” I said rolling my eyes. ↗

— Cassandra Giovanni

#in-between-seasons #post-apocalyptic #ya-dystopian #ya-romance #family

There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition. ↗

— Rod Serling

#beyond #dimension #fifth #ground #infinity

The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her? ↗

— Samantha van Leer

#jodi-picoult #love #samantha-van-leer #love

Love is a tidal wave--not because it sweeps you off your feet, but because it pulls you down and drowns you. ↗

— Samantha van Leer

#jodi-picoult #love #samantha-van-leer #love

...we live in a different world, you and me - governed by different laws... ↗

— John Geddes

#men

This is why there was music. There were some feelings that just didn't have words big enough to describe them. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#jodi-picoult #samantha-van-leer #music

[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it. ↗

— John Stott

#religion #theology #religion

A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#authority #between #converse #ever #her

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#blur #fans #get #line #players